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== List of junior ministers ==

=== April 2024 to present ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="5" |
=== Junior ministers ===
|-
! style="width: 350px" |Post
!Minister
! colspan="2" |Political Party
!Term
|-
|[[Minister for Drugs Policy|Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy]]
|'''[[Elena Whitham]]''' {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 1px" |
|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
|2023–2024
|-
|[[Minister for Independence]]
|'''[[Jamie Hepburn]]''' {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 1px" |
|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
|2023–present
|-
|[[Minister for Parliamentary Business|Minister for Cabinet and Parliamentary Business]]
|'''[[George Adam]]''' {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 1px" |
|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
|2021–present
|-
|[[Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth|Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance]]
|[[Tom Arthur (Scottish politician)|'''Tom Arthur''']] {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 1px" |
|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
|2021–present
|-
|[[Minister for Local Government Empowerment and Planning]]
|'''[[Joe FitzPatrick]]''' {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 1px" |
|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
|2023–present
|-
|[[Minister for Public Health, Women's Health and Sport|Minister for Public Health and Women's Health]]
|'''[[Jenni Minto]]''' {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 1px" |
|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
|2023–present
|-
|[[Minister for Mental Wellbeing and Social Care|Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport]]
|'''[[Maree Todd]]''' {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 1px" |
|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
|2023–present
|-
|[[Minister for Children and Young People|Minister for Children, Young People and Keeping the Promise]]
|'''[[Natalie Don]]''' {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 1px" |
|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
|2023–present
|-
|[[Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science|Minister for Higher and Further Education]]
[[Minister for Veterans (Scotland)|Minister for Veterans]]
|'''[[Graeme Dey]]''' {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 1px" |
|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
|2023–present
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Minister for Transport (Junior Minister)|Minister for Transport]]
|[[Kevin Stewart (Scottish politician)|Kevin Stewart]] {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 1px" |
|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
|2023
|-
|'''[[Fiona Hyslop]]''' {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 1px" |
|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
|2023–present
|-
|[[Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise|Minister for Small Business, Innovation and Trade]]
|'''[[Richard Lochhead]]''' {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 1px" |
|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
|2023–present
|-
|[[Minister for Energy (Scottish junior minister)|Minister for Energy]]
|'''[[Gillian Martin]]''' {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 1px" |
|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
|2023–present
|-
|[[Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants' Rights]]
|TBD
! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 1px" |
|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
|2024–present
|-
|[[Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity]]
|TBD
! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 1px" |
|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
|2024–present
|-
|[[Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development]]
|'''[[Christina McKelvie]]''' {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 1px" |
|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
|2023–present
|-
|[[Minister for Equalities and Older People|Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees]]
|'''[[Emma Roddick]]''' {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 1px" |
|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
|2023–present
|-
|[[Minister for Housing and Welfare|Minister for Housing]]
|'''[[Paul McLennan]]''' {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 1px" |
|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
|2023–present
|-
|[[Minister for Community Safety|Minister for Victims and Community Safety]]
|'''[[Siobhian Brown]]''' {{small|[[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 1px" |
|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
|2023–present
|}

== Scottish law officers ==
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |
=== Law officers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Law Officer appointments - gov.scot |url=https://www.gov.scot/news/law-officer-appointments-1/ |access-date=2021-06-19 |website=www.gov.scot}}</ref> ===
|-
! style="width: 365px" |Post
!Name
!Portrait
!Term
|-
|'''[[Lord Advocate]]'''
|{{small|[[The Right Honourable|The Rt Hon.]]}} '''[[Dorothy Bain]]''' [[Queen's Counsel|KC]]
|[[File:Official_Portrait_of_Dorothy_Bain_QC.png|107x107px]]
|2021–present
|-
|'''[[Solicitor General for Scotland]]'''
|'''[[Ruth Charteris]]''' [[Queen's Counsel|KC]]
|[[File:Official_portrait_of_Ruth_Charteris_QC_2021.jpg|106x106px]]
|2021–present
|}

== Notes ==
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== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 11:28, 25 April 2024

Second Yousaf government

11th Government of Scotland
2023 – present
Date formed25 April 2024
People and organisations
MonarchCharles III
First MinisterHumza Yousaf
Member parties
  •   Scottish National Party
Status in legislatureMinority
Opposition cabinetOpposition Parties
Opposition party
(largest opposition party)
Opposition leaderDouglas Ross
History
Legislature term6th Scottish Parliament
PredecessorFirst Yousaf government
This article is part of
a series about
Humza Yousaf

Humza Yousaf moved to form the Second Yousaf government on 25 April 2024. It followed his dissolution of the Scottish National Party's power sharing agreement with the Scottish Green Party.[1]

History

Cabinet

April 2024 to present

Portfolio Portrait Minister Term
Cabinet secretaries
First Minister The Rt Hon Humza Yousaf MSP 2023–present
Deputy First Minister Shona Robison MSP 2023–present
Cabinet Secretary for Finance 2023–present
Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care Neil Gray MSP 2024-present
Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills Jenny Gilruth MSP 2023–present
Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Net Zero and Energy Màiri McAllan MSP 2024-present
Cabinet Secretary for Transport Fiona Hyslop MSP 2024-present
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands Mairi Gougeon MSP 2021–present
Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture The Rt Hon Angus Robertson MSP 2021–present
Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP 2023–present
Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs Angela Constance MSP 2023–present
Also attending cabinet meetings[2][a]
Permanent Secretary John-Paul Marks 2022–present
Minister for Cabinet and Parliamentary Business George Adam MSP 2021–present
Lord Advocate The Rt Hon. Dorothy Bain KC 2021–present

List of junior ministers

April 2024 to present

Junior ministers

Post Minister Political Party Term
Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy Elena Whitham MSP SNP 2023–2024
Minister for Independence Jamie Hepburn MSP SNP 2023–present
Minister for Cabinet and Parliamentary Business George Adam MSP SNP 2021–present
Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance Tom Arthur MSP SNP 2021–present
Minister for Local Government Empowerment and Planning Joe FitzPatrick MSP SNP 2023–present
Minister for Public Health and Women's Health Jenni Minto MSP SNP 2023–present
Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport Maree Todd MSP SNP 2023–present
Minister for Children, Young People and Keeping the Promise Natalie Don MSP SNP 2023–present
Minister for Higher and Further Education

Minister for Veterans

Graeme Dey MSP SNP 2023–present
Minister for Transport Kevin Stewart MSP SNP 2023
Fiona Hyslop MSP SNP 2023–present
Minister for Small Business, Innovation and Trade Richard Lochhead MSP SNP 2023–present
Minister for Energy Gillian Martin MSP SNP 2023–present
Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants' Rights TBD SNP 2024–present
Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity TBD SNP 2024–present
Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development Christina McKelvie MSP SNP 2023–present
Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees Emma Roddick MSP SNP 2023–present
Minister for Housing Paul McLennan MSP SNP 2023–present
Minister for Victims and Community Safety Siobhian Brown MSP SNP 2023–present

Scottish law officers

Law officers[3]

Post Name Portrait Term
Lord Advocate The Rt Hon. Dorothy Bain KC 2021–present
Solicitor General for Scotland Ruth Charteris KC 2021–present

Notes

  1. ^ The Co-leaders of the Scottish Greens also attend cabinet twice a year as part of the Bute House Agreement

References

  1. ^ "SNP's power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens collapses". BBC. 2024-04-25. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
  2. ^ "Cabinet and Ministers". www.gov.scot. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  3. ^ "Law Officer appointments - gov.scot". www.gov.scot. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
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